Do you take a shot before getting down?

[Bullfrog 1]

I always take a judo shot before getting out of the stand. I always make sure no deer are near but before dark I wonder if this gives my position away. Do you guys shoot or not?   Bill

[McDave]

I always wait until I get back to camp before I take a shot.  At my age, I'd probably fall down and break something if I started hitting the bottle while I was still up in the tree.

[dhermon85]

Yep, or if I'm bored on stand, or right when I get up set up. But one is almost always shot

[Bowwild]

I used to take a shot in the AM before I climbed down and one in the afternoon at the beginnings of hunts (where I don't expect a deer to walk).

I don't where I hunt now because of too many rocks. I hate destroying arrows on anything but my quarry.

[Stumpkiller]

You betcha.  I carry two blunts and ALWAYS shoot the before leaving the stand.  And I may not wait until getting ready to climb down.

When still hunting I shoot even more.

[joe ashton]

frequently I'll shoot a judo when I first get in the stand for  a evening hunt. And in the Am I'll shoot just when it's time to get down...
Practice, practice practice;

[hnt2mch]

sure do

[m midd]

I always take a shot before i get down. Could be anythime im in the stand. I usually have something catch my eye like a stump ot leaf and i just have to shoot at it.

[Piratkey]

I do this also    

[bigbuckmalik]

Every time.

[Panzer]

I do.

[olddogrib]

Only off a barstool....sorry, couldn't resist a little "waterhole" humor!

[nineworlds9]

Originally posted by McDave:
I always wait until I get back to camp before I take a shot.  At my age, I'd probably fall down and break something if I started hitting the bottle while I was still up in the tree.

[GreyGoose]

Yep, or I did when I climbed more.  Felt it was essential to stay sharp; the lay of the land varies for every stand.

[LB_hntr]

Count me in as well. Every sit, shot my judo from the stand for practice.

[hitman]

I carry 2 arrows with field points and shoot them both to different spots, sometimes when getting in stand or before getting out.

[smokin joe]

No. I try to be as silent and invisible as I possibly can. I don't want to make any noise that I don't have to. I may want to use that stand again soon, and the commotion of shooting and retrieving the arrow is something I don't want.

[Terry Lightle]

YES

[Butchie]

Yes, usually shoot 1 or 2 sometime during sit or just before getting down.  I have had deer come in many times just after doing this.

[Keith Zimmerman]

Bowwild X 2